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Brushy, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76048. It lies near Comanche Peak. The Survey maps it on the Granbury quadrangle.

Brushy within Hood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

156 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Brushy between 2005 and 2020, burning about 607 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use34
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGAUNTT
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBILLINGS
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePALUXY
11 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBILLINGS
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE GRASS
7 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJEWELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hood County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brushy: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ingram Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort Worth Crushed Stone Quarry 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hood County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Neri3.2 miles18
Granbury4.2 miles19
Mambrino4.4 miles19
Tolar5.0 miles18
Hill City5.5 miles18
Thorp Spring6.0 miles19
Oak Trail Shores7.1 miles19
Brazos Bend7.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378061. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.